Author: BLACK, HAROLD [DIRECTOR, ESCUELA ECUESTRE SMA]
Title: Manual of Horsemanship Instructions from Mexico's Renowned Escuela Ecuestre
Description: New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0396069169. Illustrated by Harold Black and Lois Hobart. Cover is red with grey lettering on spine. Pages are clean and tight. Extensively illustrated with 120 b/w photos and drawings/diagrams. Chapters are: Preliminary Exercises on the Ground for Suppling the Rider; Leading the Horse, Mounting and Dismounting; Psychological and Physical Characteristics of the Horse; Seat of the Mounted Rider; Natural and Artificial Aids; Mounted Exercises at Walk and Trot; Basic Dressage Exercises Performed in Group; Riding in Multiples; Faults the Horse May Acquire and How to Deal with Them; Use of the Longe; Cavalletti; Gaits; Jumping; Dressage--High School; Combined Training; index. Great all around reference book. ; B&W Illustrations; 6 1/4 x 9 1/4; 226 pages; Cover has light edge wear and bumping; owner's label glued inside front cover, mostly concealed by front flap. DJ has edge wear, bumping, rubbing/scuffing, 3/4" and 1" closed tears at top of back, nick on front near spine; in a mylar cover.. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket .

Keywords: 0396069169 Horses; Harold Black; Horsemanship; Escuela Ecuestre; Equines; Equine Balance; Equestrians; Equitation; Horseback Riding;


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